Martin Luther King
‘It felt like history itself’ – 48 protest photographs that changed the world
Protest can change everything. Which is why governments around the world want to suppress it. In a week when thousands in the US expressed their fury over Roe v Wade, we look back at some of the images that helped rewrite laws and change the way we think
Gabrielle Schwarz and Felix Bazalgette. Introduction: George Monbiot
02, Jul, 2022 @7:00 AM
The week in audio: Exactly With Florence Given; Desperately Seeking Wisdom; The MLK Tapes
Florence Given’s livewire new podcast is all about empowerment
Miranda Sawyer
22, Jan, 2022 @5:00 PM
Janet Yellen says US economy is unfair to Black Americans in MLK Day speech
‘Dr King knew that economic injustice was bound up in the larger injustice he fought against,’ says treasury secretary
Edward Helmore and agencies
17, Jan, 2022 @4:16 PM
Harris warns voting rights ‘under assault’ as family and activists honor MLK
Martin Luther King’s family and civil rights advocates urged lawmakers to ‘protect our voting rights or be an enabler of voter suppression’
Maya Yang
17, Jan, 2022 @3:45 PM
‘Whenever it’s darkest, look to the stars’: Martin Luther King III keeps the pressure on for voting rights
In an interview with the Guardian, the civil rights leader and his daughter talk about digging in and fighting on
Sam Levine in New York
15, Jan, 2022 @10:00 AM
‘It’s time to take action’: faith leaders urge Biden to pass voting rights legislation
A letter organized by Martin Luther King III and his wife comes after Republicans successfully filibustered bills four times this year
Maya Yang
23, Dec, 2021 @5:39 PM
The Guardian view on Josephine Baker: a timely addition to the Panthéon | Editorial
Editorial: President Macron’s decision to honour a consummate black artist and civil rights activist sends an important message
Editorial
28, Nov, 2021 @6:25 PM
The Mountaintop review – Martin Luther King meets his match in a motel room
Ntombizodwa Ndlovu is spellbinding in Katori Hall’s intriguing drama about an imaginary meeting between King and a maid
Arifa Akbar
04, Oct, 2021 @6:44 AM
Pennsylvania school district reverses ban on books by authors of colour
The Central York school board has gone back on its decision to bar a list of titles by or about people of colour from being used as educational resources
Alison Flood
22, Sep, 2021 @3:28 PM
Washington voting rights march marks Martin Luther King anniversary
Nearly 60 years after the I Have a Dream speech, crowds came to the capital again to protest attacks on minority rights
Ankita Rao in Washington
28, Aug, 2021 @8:25 PM
Pervis Staples, Staple Singers co-founder, dies aged 85
The gospel group singer embraced secular music with great success and helped soundtrack the civil rights movement
Laura Snapes
13, May, 2021 @11:57 AM
Xernona Clayton: the civil rights legend who befriended a KKK leader – and changed his mind
An extraordinary activist, she fought for integrated hospitals, helped organise the March on Washington and became the first Black TV presenter in the south
Steve Rose
28, Apr, 2021 @5:00 AM
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